1940 Season
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1940 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vern Olsen
CHN
SP
22.3
4.2
14.1
7.9
2 Chet Ross
BSN
LF
23.3
3.6
23.0
11.2
3 Babe Young
NY1
1B
25.0
3.5
19.4
8.4
4 Bob Elliott
PIT
RF
23.6
2.7
18.2
7.0
5 Bama Rowell
BSN
2B
24.5
2.3
15.2
4.6
6 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
21.9
2.0
13.8
5.7
7 Joe Orengo
SLN
2B
25.6
1.9
16.8
6.2
8 Bennie Warren
PHI
C
28.3
1.8
8.4
0.7
9 Ken Heintzelman
PIT
SP
24.7
1.3
6.5
0.5
10 Mike McCormick
CIN
LF
23.2
1.2
12.3
3.5
11 Danny Litwhiler
PHI
RF
23.8
1.1
5.1
2.4
12 Ken Raffensberger
CHN
SW
22.9
1.1
7.2
2.9
13 Newt Kimball
MULT
SW
25.3
1.1
4.4
2.6
14 Mickey Witek
NY1
SS
24.5
1.1
6.7
-3.9
15 Al Glossop
MULT
2B
26.0
0.9
5.7
0.3
16 Bob Carpenter
NY1
SP
22.6
0.8
3.0
1.8
17 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
22.6
0.7
11.3
0.1
18 Johnny Hutchings
CIN
SW
24.2
0.6
3.7
1.7
19 Johnny Podgajny
PHI
SP
20.1
0.6
2.9
1.6
20 Roy Joiner
NY1
RP
33.7
0.6
3.5
1.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1940 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wally Judnich
SLA
CF
23.4
3.3
20.5
8.8
2 Tiny Bonham
NYA
SP
26.9
3.2
12.0
8.3
3 Johnny Gorsica
DET
SP
25.3
2.9
10.1
4.1
4 Ray Mack
CLE
2B
23.8
2.8
17.9
5.4
5 Johnny Niggeling
SLA
SP
37.0
2.0
9.2
3.4
6 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
23.4
1.8
13.9
5.0
7 Buddy Rosar
NYA
C
26.0
1.6
9.6
3.7
8 Sid Hudson
WS1
SP
25.5
1.5
12.7
3.3
9 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
19.1
1.2
7.0
2.1
10 Herb Hash
BOS
SP
29.4
1.1
6.7
2.1
11 Earl Johnson
BOS
SP
21.2
1.0
5.6
3.0
12 Floyd Giebell
DET
SP
30.6
0.9
2.8
2.2
13 Mickey Harris
BOS
SP
23.4
0.8
4.0
1.5
14 Jake Early
WS1
C
25.1
0.8
6.1
0.6
15 Johnny Lucadello
SLA
2B
21.4
0.7
3.2
1.8
16 Red Anderson
WS1
SP
28.0
0.4
1.5
0.9
17 Tony Lupien
BOS
1B
23.2
0.4
1.6
1.2
18 Hal Wagner
PHA
C
25.0
0.4
1.9
0.0
19 Al Evans
WS1
C
23.8
0.3
1.3
0.6
20 Mike Naymick
CLE
SP
22.8
0.3
0.8
-0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James